Who is called ‘the Napoleon of Ancient India’?
– Samudragupta
According to Chinese source, Meghavarman, the ruler of Sri Lanka sent a missionary to the following Gupta king for permission to build a Buddhist temple at Gaya
– Samudragupta
Which Gupta ruler assumed the throne after killing his elder brother?
– Chandragupta II
He is called as ‘Napolean of India’
– Samudragupta
The Gupta emperor who defeated the ‘Hunas’ was
– Skandagupta
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The famous Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien visited India during the reign of –
– Chandragupta II
Which one of the following ports was in use for the north Indian trade during the Gupta period?
– Kalyan, Tamralipti, Broach, Cambay
Note: Tamralipti was most important port of this period, however Kalyan, Broach, Cambay etc. were also used for North Indian Trade.
Who among Shushruta, Saumilla, Shudraka and Shaunaka is known for his work on medicine during the Gupta period?
– None of the above
Among Aryabhatta, Bhaskara, Brahmagupta and Varahamihira, the first to explain that the rotation of the earth on its own axis accounts for the daily rising and setting of the sun was
– Aryabhatta
The gradual decline of towns was an important feature of which period?
– Gupta period
This ruling dynasty donated maximum villages to temples and Brahmins
– Gupta Dynasty
Stone Age and Indus Valley Civilisation
This inscription mentions widow-immolation
– Eran pillar inscription of Bhanugupta
Glass coins were released in large number during Gupta period by
– Satavahanas
Famous ‘Allalabad Prasasti’ was written by
– Harishena
Gorathgiri situated in the Barabar hill range was won over by
– Kharavela
The land revenue rate in Gupta age was
– Sixth part of the production
The land revenue rate in religious books is
– 1/6
Which type of land was called ‘Aprahat’?
– Without cultivated forest land
Chinese traveller ‘Sungyun’ came to India in:
– 518 A.D.
He came to India during reign of Harshavardhana
– Hwen Thsang
Which philosophy of India propounded the atom theory?
– Vaisheshika
Who laid the foundation of Vardhana dynasty?
– Pushyabhuti
Who has written the ‘Harshacharita’?
– Banabhatta
Poet Bana was inhabitant of
– Prithikuta village in Aurangabad (Present Bihar)
The Chinese traveller who visited India during Harshavardhana’s rule
– Hiuen-Tsang
During Hiuen Tsang tour in India most famous city for the production of cotton clothes was
– Mathura
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Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang studied at the University of
– Nalanda
Nalanda University was destroyed by
– Muslims
The temple of Deogarh near Jhansi and the sculpture in the temple at Garhwal near Allahabad are the important remains of the
– Gupta art